Hannah Beech and Muktita Suhartono, Jakarta, Indonesia – Joko Widodo, the Muslim president of Indonesia, is into heavy metal and saving Christians.

Liam Gammon, Sydney – When Joko Widodo was first a candidate for Indonesia's presidency five years ago, one might have looked to his successful career in local government for clues as

Endy M. Bayuni – From the start, the April 17 Indonesian presidential election was going to be an unequal race.

Jakarta (Antara) – West Sumatra's Solok City Police Chief Grand Adj.

Dias Prasongko, Jakarta – The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded that the country's Human Development Index (IPM) in 2018 reached 71.39 – up by 0.58 points or 0.82 percent compar

Indonesia's general elections are this Wednesday but millions of Indonesians living overseas had their chance to vote over the weekend at polling booths set up across the planet.

Helen Davidson – Australia has been accused of "siphoning" millions of dollars a month in oil revenue that should belong to Timor-Leste, because the government is yet to ratify last ye

Aditya Mardiastuti, Denpasar – The Papua Student Alliance (AMP) is protesting the arrest of student demonstrators at Renon Park in the Balinese provincial capital of Bali.

Kanal Bali, Denpasar – Scores of Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) protesters from the AMP Bali City Committee (AMP KK Bali) were arrested by the Denpasar municipal police (Polresta) on Mo

Dion Bisara, Jakarta – Indonesia's human development index – a composite measurement for a long and healthy life, good education and decent standard of living – rose to 71.39 in 2018,

Christian Lee, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud have agreed during a bilateral meeting in Riyadh on Sunday to further strengthen economic

Jakarta – The deputy chairperson of Prabowo Subianto's Greater Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra), Arief Poyuono, will report US independent journalist Allan Nairn to the police who h

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Papuans are mourning the death of a priest and leading peace campaigner working to try and end a long-running insurgency in Indonesia's easternmost region Papua.

Allan Nairn, Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto, a retired general now seeking the presidency of Indonesia, has made plans to stage mass arrests of political opponents and his current allies.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, who is better known as "Jokowi," is up for re-election on Wednesday.

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Papua Peace Network (JDP) coordinator and Catholic priest Neles Tebay died at the age of 55 on Sunday, having been in intensive care for the last few wee

Muhammad Asad – Of late, we've seen many incidents of intolerance throughout Indonesia, especially hatred on social media over religion.

Gayatri Suroyo, Maikel Jefriando, Grinting – In several ways, Tama had President Joko Widodo to thank for his crop.

Ed Davies, Jakarta – When Indonesian President Joko Widodo was elected five years ago, the former furniture salesman seemed to offer a clean break from the military and political elite

Jakarta – In a rare departure from his xenophobic rhetoric, presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto praised China for its drastic reduction of poverty over the past 40 years, a feat he

Erwida Maulia and Shotaro Tani, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's signature infrastructure drive dominated his final TV debate with opponent Prabowo Subianto before

Tasha Wibawa – In Indonesia's upcoming presidential elections this week, thousands of West Papuans will be voting differently from the rest of the nation, despite the province being cl

James Massola, Jakarta – Joko Widodo is running late.

Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – For more than a year now, politics has dominated the real and virtual conversations of Indonesian journalists.

N. Adri, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan – Excessive sedimentation and deforestation are endangering three great lakes in East Kalimantan, namely Semayang, Melintang and Jempang.

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano and Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The fifth and last presidential debate on Saturday touched on the issue of nationalism in the economy as well as inequality, but all

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Women's empowerment in small businesses and a finance system for startups will be discussed during this year's second meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Coopera

Christian Lee, Jakarta – Starting from today, Indonesian voters will go through masa tenang, a mandatory three-day "quiet period" before heading to the polling booths on Wednesday (17/

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – While the presidential candidates made the final pitches in their political campaigns, activists from various backgrounds gathered at the offices of the Indonesia

Nur Yasmin Jakarta – BTP, the acronym for Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, the ex-Jakarta governor formerly known as Ahok, uploaded another vlog on YouTube on Saturday (13/04) to explain why he

Manokwari, W Papua – Foreign journalists and monitoring institutions can monitor general elections in Indonesia, particularly Manokwari, West Papua province, if they secure permits and

Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto has announced the names of his potential team to help him address the problems he deems plaguing Indonesia, such as wealth flowing out

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Just days before Indonesia's presidential election, three new electability surveys have shown conflicting results of who the likely winner would be.

Ruslan Sangadji, Luwuk – The situation in Banggai Raya in Central Sulawesi has returned to normal following a 6.9-magnitude earthquake that hit the province on Friday evening, as peopl

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo drew the curtain on his reelection campaign with a final rally at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium (GBK) in Jakarta on Sat

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Indonesian election authorities in Malaysia have ensured that the voting process for Malaysia-based voters will be held on Sunday as scheduled despite the ongo

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – A rock-concert-like atmosphere pervaded inside the Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) Stadium in Jakarta as tens of thousands of people sang along to legendary r

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano and Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto opened the final presidential debate on Saturday with an indictment of the Indonesian economy,

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Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – A top Democratic Party official has slammed presidential contender Prabowo Subianto over his remark in which he blamed the nation's economic ills on President

Dion Bisara, Jakarta – One thing vice-presidential candidate Sandiaga Uno loves to do during presidential debates, is relate anecdotes of the moms he has met on his campaign trail.

Kate Lamb, Palembang – Prabowo Subianto is not the type of man you want to inadvertently enrage – especially not while seated directly across from him in his private jet, flying thousa

TAPOL and the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) have applied for a judicial review of the "Act of Free Choice" by the Indonesian Constitutional Court.

Christian Lee, Jakarta – Pre-marked ballots for Indonesia's presidential and legislative elections found in Malaysia have sparked a war of words over what is seen as the latest attempt

In what was once a roadside food stall in Kampung Baru, a village in eastern Java, a group of housewives is preparing food for a wedding.

David Lipson – Known as "preman" from the Dutch term for "free man," they can be seen at every political rally dressed in military fatigues, army boots and berets.

Tom Stayner, SBS News – A West Papuan independence leader and Nobel peace prize nominee is calling for a mass boycott of Indonesia's upcoming elections to bring attention to their inde

Olivia Tasevski – In January, during Indonesia's first presidential debate in the lead up to the Indonesian election next week on 17 April, Indonesian president, Joko "Jokowi" Widodo p

Pichayada Promchertchoo, Banten, Indonesia – Pride and excitement fills the heart of many residents in Banten as they count down to the presidential election on Apr 17.

Jakarta – Mikhail Gorbachev is running for office in Indonesian elections next week, but it's not the octogenarian ex-Soviet leader who helped bring an end to the Cold War.